marvinjwolf wrote:
I was an Army combat photographer with the First Air Cav 1965-66. My shooting career was interrupted when I was made a second lieutenant, infantry, and then rotated back to Ft. Benning for some officer training. I spent the next eight years in staff and command jobs before resigning in 1974.
I picked up my camera and worked as a freelance shooter and increasingly a writer as well--a good 1,000 words would sell most photo stories shot on spec, eight or ten images at $300 each, give or take.
Then in 1983 I lucked into an opportunity to write my first nonfiction book, "The Japanese Conspiracy." Hardly had the dust settled when I accepted full custody of my 13-going-on-30 daughter. That soon ended my shooter career--can't travel twice a week and be a fulltime single dad.
Later this month I am going back to Seoul with that same daughter, who still lives with me. I just completed my 17th and 18th books (#17 is M-9, a mystery, and #18 "They Were Soldiers" is a nonfiction examination of 49 Vietnam veterans and how they've done professionally and personnally since the war. That will be published in May 2020, though it is available for pre-sale order on Amazon.
As an intro to my shooting side, I here post an essay from a dozen or so brief visits to Seoul, 1972-74.
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Welcome to UHH and nice images.